Legal AI
An AI Engineer’s Personal Journey Into Law
By Dr William Becker, CTO, Lexical Labs Why I love the law (and lawyers) It has always been of interest to me how the job …
eDiscovery + Contract Analysis
‘Contract Analysis is Where eDiscovery Was in 2005’ – Compliance
Compliance is best known for its work in the eDiscovery sector, but it now has its strategic sights set on contract analysis for transactional review, …
Funding + M&A
Legal Tech Funding Hits $1.4BN, While M&A Soars (Updated)
The latest survey of legal tech and ‘NewLaw’ businesses by Raymond James shows an incredible last six months, with investment at £1.015 billion ($1.41 bn), while M&A …
Legal Standards
oneNDA Is Live! An M&A Module Is Next
The oneNDA project, which has sought to create a universal Non-Disclosure Agreement to cover confidential information, has gone live and is now available. However, the project …
Legal AI
Law Society Loses The Plot Over AI and Ethics
A new ethical guidance report by the Law Society of England & Wales has stated that lawyers ‘should discuss the decision to use AI in …
Inhouse Innovation
S+M Client Network Offers Joint Legal Tech Pilots
Magic Circle law firm Slaughter and May has launched a Client Innovation Network where inhouse lawyers and legal ops teams can jointly pilot legal tech …
Legal Research
vLex Takes Minority Stake in Irwin Law
Research platform vLex has once again made an expansionary move after taking a minority shareholding in Canadian legal publisher, Irwin Law, which will also see …
Marketplaces
And Now Factor + LawGeex Join Priori’s Marketplace
Yesterday, ALSP Factor announced the launch of its Factor Connect close partnership group, which includes Priori. Now, the flexible resource company has in return added …
Partnership
Agiloft, Kira + BlackBoiler Join ‘Factor Connect’ Partnership
Factor, the contract-focused ALSP, has launched a new close partnership group that will initially see CLM Agiloft, doc analysis company Kira Systems, and doc review …
CLM
LinkSquares’ Boss On CLM’s ‘Changing of the Guard’
Earlier this month NLP-powered CLM company LinkSquares bagged $40m in a Series B funding round, in what is another sign of just how vibrant the …